Shiloh שלה
Shiloh (שלה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Shiloh appears 15,343,540 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), in line with the 15,478,221 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 15,343,540
- Chance alone · every skip
- 15,478,221
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,394
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,001,669 found · chance alone about 998,623 (probability of 1,001,669 or more by chance alone: 0.0012).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), שלה appears 15,343,540 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 15,478,221, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 16:6, reading forward.
The longest skip at which שלה was found in the Torah is 152,394 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 15,478,221 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,406,713
- Exodus 3,383,648
- Leviticus 2,256,566
- Numbers 3,545,774
- Deuteronomy 2,750,839
Examples across the range
5 of the 15,343,540 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ש ל הGenesis 16:6
… אֶל־שָׂרַי הִנֵּה שִׁפְחָתֵךְ בְּיָדֵךְ עֲשִׂי־לָהּ הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינָיִךְ וַתְּעַנֶּהָ שָׂרַי וַתִּבְרַח מִפָּנֶֽיהָ …
But Abram said unto Sarai: ‘Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes.’ And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,612 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ל הGenesis 16:6
Letter by letter
- ש ל הGenesis 19:9
וַיֹּאמְרוּ גֶּשׁ־הָלְאָה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ הָאֶחָד בָּֽא־לָגוּר וַיִּשְׁפֹּט …
And they said: ‘Stand back.’ And they said: ‘This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.’ And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,653 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ל הGenesis 19:9
- שExodus 2:9
… וְהֵינִקִהוּ לִי וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן אֶת־שְׂכָרֵךְ וַתִּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּנִיקֵֽהוּ
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her: ‘Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.’ And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לExodus 2:11
וַיְהִי בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וַיִּגְדַּל מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל־אֶחָיו וַיַּרְא …
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
- הExodus 2:13
וַיֵּצֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵֽי־אֲנָשִׁים עִבְרִים נִצִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָֽרָשָׁע לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶֽךָ
And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: ‘Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 79,463 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שExodus 2:9
- שGenesis 3:21
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לְאָדָם וּלְאִשְׁתּוֹ כָּתְנוֹת עוֹר וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם
And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לGenesis 4:18
… אֶת־עִירָד וְעִירָד יָלַד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵל וּמְחִיּיָאֵל יָלַד אֶת־מְתוּשָׁאֵל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵל …
And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
- הGenesis 5:15
וַֽיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד
And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 4,024 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 3:21
- שGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לLeviticus 8:29
… מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הֶחָזֶה וַיְנִיפֵהוּ תְנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מֵאֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים לְמֹשֶׁה הָיָה …
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- הDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 152,394, width 152,394 — one row is 152,394 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 47 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,394 in the laboratory →
- שGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 218,961,693 sequences of שלה across every skip (2–598,520), less than 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 218,864,531); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.6 × 10⁻¹¹ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,653,062 found · chance alone about 3,640,766 (probability of 3,653,062 or more by chance alone: 6.0 × 10⁻¹¹).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 13,422,355
- Exodus 13,253,714
- Leviticus 8,648,504
- Numbers 13,535,521
- Deuteronomy 10,259,483
- Joshua 7,547,169
- Judges 7,474,255
- Samuel 18,017,166
- Kings 19,810,506
- Isaiah 11,479,641
- Jeremiah 14,032,392
- Ezekiel 12,408,751
- The Twelve 9,220,579
- Psalms 12,698,529
- Proverbs 4,875,921
- Job 5,084,475
- Song of Songs 917,095
- Ruth 935,658
- Lamentations 925,819
- Ecclesiastes 2,200,578
- Esther 2,609,626
- Daniel 3,401,176
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,337,372
- Chronicles 18,865,408
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ש ל הJoshua 6:25
… וְאֶת־בֵּית אָבִיהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָהּ הֶחֱיָה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד …
But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,155 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ש ל הJoshua 6:25
- שJudges 1:31
אָשֵׁר לֹא הוֹרִישׁ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי עַכּוֹ וְאֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵי …
Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לJudges 1:33
נַפְתָּלִי לֹֽא־הוֹרִישׁ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי בֵֽית־שֶׁמֶשׁ …
Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributary unto them.
- הJudges 1:34
וַיִּלְחֲצוּ הָאֱמֹרִי אֶת־בְּנֵי־דָן הָהָרָה כִּי־לֹא נְתָנוֹ לָרֶדֶת לָעֵֽמֶק
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 346,414 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- שJudges 1:31
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
… עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לIsaiah 25:4
כִּֽי־הָיִיתָ מָעוֹז לַדָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּצַּר־לוֹ מַחְסֶה …
For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- הGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,489, width 598,489 — one row is 598,489 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,008 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,489 in the laboratory →
- ש2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
שלה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שלה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 335.
As a plain word it stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 38:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Shelah.
Other spellings
- שילה — the name in Hebrew letters Torah · every skip: 1,027,096 (chance 1,068,123)
- שילו — the name in Hebrew letters Torah · every skip: 1,117,143 (chance 1,162,467)
Questions
Does Shiloh appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), שלה appears 15,343,540 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 15,478,221, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shiloh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 16:6 — the shortest of 15,343,540 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 15,478,221.
How is Shiloh spelled in Hebrew?
Shiloh is spelled שלה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 335; 2 other spellings are counted on this page.
Is Shiloh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 218,961,693 sequences of שלה across every skip (2–598,520), less than 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 218,864,531); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.6 × 10⁻¹¹ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 15,478,221 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.